DUSTY DOG REVIEWS
#10/11, 1993

1904-A Gladden
Gallup, NM, 87301

52 pp., $2.00

Another heapin'
helpin' of poetry chapbook reviews, covering the independent
literary press. Just shy of 100 items covered, most
given several paragraphs and liberal quotation. Editor
John Pierce seems to have a more singular view of what
poetry is (or is not) than we do here at TRR; yet he
generally manages to write descriptively about a range
of styles. His own writing style can get a little,
uh... well, like this: "Chief among the principal
reasons for the preponderance of silly artificial devices
in contemporary poetry, is that such meretricious gimmickry
hides crappy abilities from common peepers."--luigi